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1981 Nobel Prize in Literature

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1981 Nobel Prize in Literature
Elias Canetti
"for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power"
Date
  • 15 October 1981(1981-10-15)(announcement)
  • 10 December 1981
    (ceremony)
LocationStockholm,Sweden
Presented bySwedish Academy
First awarded1901
WebsiteOfficial website
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The1981Nobel Prize in Literaturewas awarded to the Bulgarian-born British writerElias Canetti(1905–1994) "for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power."[1][2][3]Though living in Great Britain since 1938 and became a British citizen in 1952, he wrote primarily in theGerman language.He is the first native of Bulgaria to win the prize.[4]

Laureate

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Elias Canetti's body of literary work includes a novel, three plays, a study of mass movements, some author profiles and memoirs. The 1935 novelDie Blendung( "The Deception" ) was initially intended to be the first in a series of novels modeled afterHonoré de Balzac'sThe Human Comedyseries. Instead of finishing the series, Canetti devoted many years to social studies that resulted to the publication ofMasse und Macht( "Crowds and Power", 1960), a psychological study of crowd behavior as it manifests itself in human activities ranging from mob violence to religious congregations. He is also known for his celebrated trilogy of autobiographical memoirs of his childhood and of pre-Anschluss Vienna:Die Gerettete Zunge(The Tongue Set Free, 1979);Die Fackel im Ohr(The Torch in My Ear, 1980), andDas Augenspiel(The Play of the Eyes, 1985).[4][5]

References

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  1. ^The Nobel Prize in Literature 1981nobelprize.org
  2. ^John Vinocur (16 October 1981)."Central Europe Wins Nobel Prize".New York Times.
  3. ^Edwin McDowell (17 October 1981)."Elias Canetti's U.S. publishers jubilant over Nobel Prize".New York Times.
  4. ^ab"Elias Canetti – Bulgarian-born writer".Encyclopedia Britannica.
  5. ^Elias Canettinobelprize.org
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